Lake Lewisia #1180

As was the habit around Lake Lewisia, the victor’s crown involved trading craft for craft: millinery’s artistry had been turned to creating a chef’s toque that appeared to be an old log, much festooned by moss and mushroom. Lennox noted, with the distant clarity of someone otherwise in a pleasant state of shock, that they had consulted with someone knowledgeable and avoided including any poisonous fungi in the arrangement. Then the hat was being placed on his head, and he was being presented as the top baker, and his collection of new friends was crowding around him in jubilation.

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LL#1180